sensei

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n. 老师（日语中的sensei发音为先生, 意思是老师）

发音

US /ˈsɛnseɪ/

词形变化

senseis 复数 senseis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art.

    师傅

  2. 2.

    A Japanese (language) teacher (sometimes used as a suffix attached to the name of a teacher, principally in translations from Japanese).

  3. 3.

    A teacher, guide or mentor, in the context of Japan.

词源

Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen sraeng, “master, elder”), from 先 (MC sen, “earlier, first”) + 生 (MC sraeng, “born”). Compare modern Mandarin 先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”). Doublet of sinseh, from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ).

来源：wiktionary